Mohamad Ashari bin Samsudin (born 7 June 1985) is a retired

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who mainly played as a

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but could also play as a

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and

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. Ashari known as "The Silent Killer" by Malaysian media and fans had great dribbling skill with good vision and pace in the game. making him one of the fan's favourites. He spent most of career with Terengganu where he made more than 330 appearances scoring 128 goals in all competitions.

Club career

Terengganu

Originally from

Bukit Payong Bukit Payong (est. pop. 2010 census: 26790) is a town Marang District, Terengganu, Malaysia. The population comprises 95.85% Ethnic Malays, Malays, 4% Chinese people, Chinese and 0.15% of other races. The town borders with the district of Kuala ...

Marang, Terengganu Marang (est. pop. (2000 census): 4,896) is a town and the seat of Marang (district), Marang District, in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia. The town is located on the South China Sea coast on the Malaysia Federal Route 3, main highway between Kuala ...

, Ashari started his career with

Terengganu Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu) is a sultanate and States and federal territories of Malaysia, federal state of Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l-Iman (c ...

youth team. He promoted to Terengganu's senior team in the 2005 Malaysia Cup. In the quarter final match against Kedah, he scored his first senior goal started with a solo run and then shot 25 meter into the goal. He is consistently scoring for

. He was second top scorer in the 2009 season with 17 goals, one goal behind the winner

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. He goes one better in the 2010 Super League Malaysia season, winning the Golden Boot while scoring 18 goals. In the 2011 league season, he scored 10 goals. Among his achievements with Terengganu is winning the

2011 Malaysia FA Cup The 2011 Malaysia FA Cup, also known as the ''Astro Piala FA'' due to the competition's sponsorship by Astro Arena, was the 22nd season of the Malaysia FA Cup, a knockout competition for Malaysia's state football association and clubs.

and defeating

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in the final on 11 June 2011. He also was the top scorer in the

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2008 football tournament held at Terengganu, where he helped the Terengganu youth team win the gold medal. In the 2012 Malaysia League Cup Final, he scored the opening goal for his team in a 2-1 loss to Negeri Sembilan.

Pahang

On 7 November 2016, it was announced that Ashari signed a one-year contract with

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International career

Ashaari capped 17 times and scored 3 international goals for Malaysia. He received his first national call up under B. Sathianathan in 2008. He made his international senior debut for

against

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on 22 July 2008. Ashari scored his first international goals in

6–0 trashing of

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in the 2008 Pestabola Merdeka, where Ashari scored twice. In November 2010, Ashari was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the

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. Ashari scored 1 goal from outside penalty box for Malaysia against

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in the first leg of the final to secure a 3–0 win, and helping Malaysia en route to win 4-2 on the aggregate the AFF Suzuki Cup for the first time in their history.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Terengganu *

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: 2006, 2008 Malaysia *

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winner *

Pestabola Merdeka Merdeka Tournament () is an international friendly football tournament held in Malaysia to commemorate the Independence Day. It is mainly played at Independence Stadium, in Kuala Lumpur. "Merdeka" is the Malay word for independence. As of 202 ...

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runner up Individual *

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Golden Boot :

(18 goals) *

Top Scorer : 2008

References

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* * {{Malaysian Super League top scorers 1985 births Living people Malaysian men's footballers Malaysia men's international footballers Terengganu FC players Sri Pahang FC players Footballers from Terengganu Malaysia Super League players 21st-century Malaysian sportsmen Men's association football forwards Men's association football wingers Malaysian people of Malay descent